Developing a Smart Search Plugin
With the Joomla! 2.5 release, a new search component has been included to improve the search engine in Joomla! sites. Based on JXtended’s Finder, Smart Search is quite the powerful tool and can be used to improve search results and…
The Roadmap For a Great Joomla! 3.0 UX
Joomla! 3.0 is scheduled to be released in September 2012. It will include major new core features built on top of our rapidly advancing framework. But in order to apply that power effectively, everything has to be tied together in…
Obituary Listing Component For Joomla
The Complete Obituary Solution for Joomla! It is a standalone Obituary Manager component to build your Obituary Listing portals. List obituaries with videos, audios, candles and slideshow, let others write down their condolences and allow users to manage their own…
Coupon Manager Component For Joomla
The Complete Coupon solution for Joomla! It is a standalone Coupon Component to build your Deals, Vouchers and Discounts websites. Features and Functionality: Store Manager Category Manager Coupon Manager Frontend Control panel for users to Add and Manage Coupons Featured…
Joomla! Day LA Recap
On December 3, 2011 the Joomla! Day LA was held at the Microsoft offices in downtown Los Angeles. Based upon the modes of transportation used by the attendees, it was Joomla’s version of “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”. Several people flew…
What’s new in Joomla! 2.5?
Joomla! 2.5 will be released in January 2012 and it is the successor of Joomla! 1.5. It will be a so called long term release and it will be the Joomla! state of the art until July 2013. The versions…
Joomla! is shooting for the stars….
Every new year heralds a new beginning, and a moment to remember the accomplishments of the past year. In 2011, we had a number of milestones for Joomla! and the Joomla Community Magazine. © Harry Splinter We began the year…
Joomla 1.6, 1.7, and 2.5: ACL Concepts Overview
This article is based on two articles originally written for Joomla 1.6. This article was written in December 2011, prior to the release of Joomla 2.5. However, it assumed that ACL concepts will not change between Joomla versions, even if…